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Blizzard Entertainment co-founder and CEO Mike Morhaime doesn’t believe that Overwatch’s model of loot boxes belongs in the current discussion. According to Morhaime, there’s “nothing wrong” with crates that have a randomised pool of items. Morhaime was asked by Game Informer at BlizzCon 2017 about where he stands on the current debate. “I think there’s […]

Before Overwatch became the game know today, it went through several stages of development at Blizzard. Although we only get to see Blizzard’s work in its final, polished state, during a BlizzCon 2017 panel, Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan shared footage of a build from September 2013 showing the first objects to be rendered in […]

Along with a new hero, Overwatch fans also have new skins and a fun map to look forward to, and it’s a Blizzard-themed amusement park. Overwatch players are getting a new map which celebrates the universes of Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo. Called Blizzard World, the new hybrid Assault/Escort map features various fun areas to explore […]

Blizzard announced a new support healer for Overwatch today during BlizzCon 2017, and she has a quite the backstory. Along with information on her backstory, the new Overwatch hero Moira was also given an origins trailer which was shown at BlizzCon 2017. You can watch it below. The Talon affiliated Moira O’Deorain, according to her […]

A new Overwatch animated short was released today out of BlizzCon 2017 telling Reinhardt’s origin story. Better grab a tissue. The origin story trailer for Reinhardt was shown during the Overwatch portion of the opening ceremony at BlizzCon 2017. It’s a rather sad tale, but didn’t get us in the feels quite as much as […]

There’s a new Overwatch villain in town, and her name is Moira. Blizzard announced a new support healer for Overwatch today during BlizzCon 2017. The Talon affiliated Moira O’Deorain is a geneticist whose base of operations is Dublin and Oasis. Moira’s biotic abilities enable her to contribute short and long-range damage using Biotic Grasp and […]

BlizzCon 2017 starts today, and you can watch the opening ceremony right here along with us. Wow. Has it been a year already? The BlizzCon 2017 schedule is packed as usual and, like last year the opening ceremony can be viewed without need of a Virtual Ticket. It all kicks off with a pre-show at 10.30am PT, […]